# NTSB BFO93LA091: Cessna 172N, N7355E, Petersburg, OH, May 18, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 18, 1993, 14:44 local (18:44 UTC)
- Place: Petersburg, OH
- Coordinates: 40.900489, -80.540565 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9005&lon=-80.5406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 26, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8770
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO93LA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8770/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA091

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE PROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A WET GRASS STRIP, AND HIS FAILURE TO PERFORM A GO AROUND. THE WET GRASS RUNWAY WAS A FACTOR.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE 'ENTERED GROUND EFFECT' WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT A SHORT GRASS AIRSTRIP.  AT MIDFIELD, THE PILOT 'REALIZED THAT A GO AROUND WAS APPROPRIATE BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH RUNWAY TO DO SO, SO I BEGAN MY ROLLOUT AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP DUE TO THE WET GRASS AND THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF RUNWAY LEFT.'  THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED TREES. A TAILWIND PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THE GRASS WAS WET. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WERE REPORTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7355E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7355E-2017-07-12), registration cancelled 2017-07-12, S/N 17272093, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272903
- Airframe hours: 4261
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Crosswind Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Crosswind Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 10, 1993, 25 hours before
- Departed: 4G4, NORTH LIMA, OH
- Airport: Private Airstrip, runway 18, 2,600 × 45 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 18; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 162 total, 59 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 13,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: YNG, 13 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930518014179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930518014179A), May 18, 1993: Cessna 172N, Petersburg, OH, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on wet grass strip. Unable to stop. Ran into trees off end of runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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